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KB.W" H -CHARLTON.
Monday l&Vtintag
East VAotvAsl.
THE following LETTEU from au intel
ligent gentleman in Florida, to another
in this city, in answer to certain enqui
ries of the latter as to the soil, dim at <
and natural advantages, &c. of that Pro
vince, furnishes the best account of th
country we have seen ; and will be read
with increased interest by the American
people, at this moment, when we are
abo't cnitip into possession of the
terfi ory dt sc ibed. Char ct on Pp* .
Dkah Sir — In answer to your en
quiry on the natural advantages of
Ka-t-Fiorldu, ami the improv-moits
of which it is suscejJtible, I will v-m -
tore to assert, that, from an extaor
di grv combination of (oral cirsum
static-s, perhaps no part of the world
of eq i ll sire, offers a larger propo -
■turn id’ >f«nd to it evils. .luslice to
the subject would afford interestin
matter for a large volume. I can, at
.present, orl v run you off some of (he
outlines ; which,as a native who has
passed th.- major part of his years io
this province, I have had opportuni
ties ofknowing.
’Hast Florida Iv.s natural advanta
ges, sufficient to make it one of the
ihosi important divisions of North
.Am 'i ica; and, indeed, more so thm
some that are already opulent. It-,,
level face and mild climate,is not ex
ceede-l in point of s .lu u itv, l>y any
part of either continent; in America;
equalled by very few ; and is, per
hups, the most free from those con
vut ions of natuie, that render pro
perty, health, and even life precari
ous Its extensive lands, fertile in
the promotion o f 'muny valualteai
ticles of agriculture ; rich in sponta
. nious high-growth and pasturage;
and abounding In native quadrupeds,
lie waste, to the aiuuu it of above fif
teen millions of acres. Its water
courses are numerous; and those na
vi- able. and profusely supplied with
a variety ofsea e skin,and shell fish.
Its stores of lumber arc immense: I
and the qualities of s-une of them are
preferred in all countries where they
nave been used, to those of the same
denomin ition found elsewhere; par
ticularly its pine, cedar, cvpress and
live oak, which are the kinds of lum
ber most desired in terresiial and
maritime structures, and arc those in
•which It mast abounds. I have seen
Florida pine bought in Savannah (or
fhip-huil litig fiftv per cent higher in
. pile 1 than fie pine of Ge irgia; and
ft is a well known fact, that the Flo
rida pine has h,d a reference in the
roe d dock-yards of Fnglnnd, ove all
other pines that have been brought
them.
The exports of Florida, amounting
at present to almost nothing, would
be verv great if it hud but a suffici
ent population. For (he last twenty
■ years th *r • has not been “xported one
barrel of turpentine, the produce of
of the province: whereas, when it
was but an infant colony of Great
Britain, one commercial bouse ship
s ped from the river St. John, in a
Season twenty thousand barrels.—.
A? lin: In Savannah i» cr, Georgia,
(which is in no way equal to our St.
. John’s.) are loaded hmulr d» of ves
sels a-y-u illv. While the whole of Flo
rida does not I > id ten a year; not
withstanding Florida has advantages,
ansin <• from itsdocal situation, that
ore at least equal to fie difference in
territorial a-zn, when compared with
Georgia : such ns extensive fishing
grounds ; large fields for wracking,
in the peculi ir situati >ll of its coasts
and keys s a more southern climate,
more genial to the cultivation of ma
ny of tilt* most valuable article- of
commerce that are raised in Georg a,
and productive of many others in
Which th t country does not partici
pate, or but in a v<-ry tiinite i degree.
Its exports might consist of man:
articles, viz : the four denomination
of lumber already mentioned, a,| d a
Variety of others; cotton, o-d, hemp
indi,tobacco, pot and pearl ashes. I
4Pyrtleandbees-w«x, turpentine, t. r,
so-in, pich. Indian com, rice rye.
ba '■lev, oats, sever tl kinds of wine I
and brand., whiskey, ma'r liquors.
{teas and beans of many kinds,a lon
isr of esculent radical roots, and
othe-s of horticul'ural fruits kvegeta
ble-; cu'inarv, oi'-dicihal .and mu -
llfacturing ail- ; beef, pork, fisluhm
ter, cheese, lard, peltry, &c. Suga
and flour have not been fairly trie !
on a large scale; but we know th ■
in Georgia, lying more north, tl,
former ll.nl been made in good per
focXion ; a >d the latter iq Louisiana,
directly west ; there is no reason
slouht their lucrative production i;.
Florid 1; and it( s fliero parts w
suit th- growth ofc ff e; f-r for
a long p -ninsula bet ween two gulf
thc Atlantic and Mexican, the cn
mate becomes much oamre southen
tli&a the latitude warrants.
These advantages lie dormant, on
ly from the want of hands to put them,
in motion. .%nd tl.o’ very great en
-ouragement has long been held ou>
to settlers From all countries, except
ing only American citizens, yet wc
get none but a few of those, who non
and then slip in, and meet w.tli tol
(■ration. The people of South A’me
idea, our country men, are well known
to possess already, 100 much territo
ry, and too much indolence, to come
this way ; and the great number o 1
people who are constantly emigrating
from all parts ot Rutope to the Unit
ed Stales, and the British provinces:
know nothing of Florida ; nor have
we vessels in thai-commerce to bring
them out, which abound from those
quarters. Hence the cause why they
all emigrate to places already crowd
ed. and not having the mea s of es
tahlishing themselves on their own
footing, as must be the case with a
very large proportion of them, they
go to service to increase the opulence
of others: whereas, they would, with
the same amount of industry and la-
I>ot'here,become opulent themselves,
and improve a much finer country.
The present population of this pro
vince does not exceed five thousand
..Olds, including slaves; and scarce
ly half of these are ever occupied in
country works ; and those who are,
from that di dike to solitude inherent
in human nature, all crowd down as
near as puss hie to the sea-coast,
leaving the etter lands behind them.
For as nature lias recede'! from the
conveniences of the sea, she has, gen
erally, compe sated in the quality of
the soil, an I in the protection of its
produce.
■A proof of (he mediocrity, and of
. course salubiity and comforts of this
climate, is vonspi uoua in the per
petual verdure flint, universally pre
vails, which neither (lie summer’s
lie t, tier winter’s col tl is intense e
nough tc de-troy, Placed between
the mild latitudes of 50° 35' and 34°
.) (’ N. and this situ tion modified in
winter bv (he proximity of a gulf on
each -id , and in summer by a regular
eddy of the trade wind, the aveiage
of heat igpmicli less than in more
Northern climate*, where the trade
winds never reach.or in more South
ern climates where the trade winds
have the heat of a lower latitude to
contend with ; nor is the average of
our cold so great as in the same la'i
tudes. when remote from rhe influ
ence of gulfs. I suppose that the
influence consequent on the proxim
ity of these gulls, is equal, in vt, ter,
at t e Northern .extremity of this
province, to ne degree of lat ude
more south ; and about three times
this quantity of difference at its
south rn extremity."—The spontane
ous productions of the earth, a I a
long the eastern sea-coast of Florida,
warr nt these cab.ula. ions.
I account for this singular eddy,
or rather variation of the trade wind,
in which tliis province s so much
indebted, in this wav: We find that
when a wind meets a river at iL lit an
gles. it blows directly across ; but
when it meets the river at an angle
of inclination, it immediately, and in
proportion to the acuteness of the an
gle, leads up or down as the as may
he: always shewing a disposition to
follow the course of the water; and
this effect is inn-eased in proportion
to the velocity of the current of wa
ter setting the same way.—.. Tims, he
tra-'e wind, in ts course from Past
to West, between Cuba and Florida,
is met, in part, bv the. Ke\s and
Gap of Florida, at an angle of in
clination of about sixty degrees,
which separate that part from the
main current, ai d at the same time
cants if towards the North; and its
lisp sition to so low the Nortliei
sheet of water, which it has now en
'ered. aided by the gulf stream set
ting strong y the -ame way, for.us a
oropnltion North, equal to the firs,
propultion West, and a course N.
W. becomes established'; which
passing on regularly, as it does from
S. E. regales Florida, and terminates
or dies away at its Northern extrem
ity-
There are intervals in the ex
tremes of our seasons when the he
ami cold are severely felt; but the
duration is verv short; the- hea
being ramly foffud oppivssive, mnr.
than an hour or two at a time ; the
cold for more than a day or two—and
he nights are gener lly cool through
»ut the summer. Nor are these sud
len transitions productive of those
.erious consequences that so fre
piently grow out of them in other
ountries. Colds are common with
is, but verv rarely indeed aie they
known to terminate in consumptive I
diseases; lor, a-we do not require 1
.» warm shelter and apparel as are
idispensable in less favored di
lates, we are not so highly wrought
11 as to receive deep impressions
from the transitions; and when we
■ 1 v(* received any at all, the grateful
asticity and purity of our dr, soon
•i-perses the evil. Nor are we ex- |
opt from fevers; but owing to our |
appy mediocrity of climate,' and ■
I'irlty of at must here, they do not oc- (
ir o oftc’li, and then they are di- j
--ted of that virulence which char
icterize some of them to the North, |
South aftd West of us; and those of
the more fatal kinds, we have never
miff-red by ; nay , they have severs l
'imes been imported, but died in the
lUhjects who brought them. In short,
we hhve ever had but little call fb'
the doctor, apothecary. or grave dig
ger.
The genera! purity of our air is ap- ■
parent to every observer. Let hi"> but.
* >ok around at distant objects, for
instance, a tree, and not only the
•limbs, but the leaves are extinguish
ible a long wav off, us tint’ <t was .1
miniature painting he held in hi# hand;
or as though he looked at it. near by,
through a spy glassreversed
St. Mary’s river running tr ver.-e-
Iv through the country from East to
West, runs a great way up, and onus
the northern boundary of East Flori
da- It lies the best bar, of ill the
rivers on the eastern side of this Pro
vince. say, twenty feet at high water;
and is navigable-for large vessels, a
great way up. It is singularly b.r
ren of finny inhabitants ; and lias in
its neighborhood, hut a small portion
of those classes of land we consider
most valuable, '['he inhabitants a
long this river, (not formed lor indus
try) get orally cultivate the pine bar
ren lands in preference, (whi< h, hy
the-bye must have been, I tbi k,
pine-hearing la mis corrupted it. to
pine barren) and these produce boun
tiful crops of provisions ; and i have
seen fine crops of black seed cotton
raised on the-e pine barrens, at thiry
five miles distant, direct from the sea
coast. The inhabitants say, these
lands must be “ cow -pencil,** and
then they produ et ree or four g ;od
crops in succession ; but on enquir
ing into this part of tiieii agricultural
process, it amounts to little, more
than driving a gang of cattl • a few
times across them. And though th v
wer literally manured by cattle, one
or two years rains would carry its
inllnence so deep in these sand/bot
toms as to be beyond the roach of
annual plants. This allows that they
must possess a • innate fertility, cap
able of much improvement. 1 men
tion t'tese circumstances in vindica
tion of onr pine barrens ; wlncn are
more estimable farther South, and
particularly when they have clay and
•th rfirrn bottoms, which often occur.
There ate, however, various grades
of equality unde this denomination
of land ; and -ome of them are good
for little else than lumber'and pis
tu.age; indeed some of them are
good for nothing but as barriers and
connections to other lands.
Nassau river next succeeds Si.
Mary’s, as we go South, and is the
only other running in the same di
rection. Its bar, lying about eigh
teen miles from that of St Mary's.
di.es not afford more than from nin<
to eleven feet at high water. Its
course up, is broad and deep to th
d.stance of about twenty ini'-es, wher,
it divides into seven large branches,
and these appear to have endeavor..!
to succeed each other in their muni
fold disfor in s; embracing, wiihe
their oxtens ve ramifications, an
tlie.rirarnediato neighborhood,a la gc
amount of most fertile and durable
lauds; fine and -xtensi e pasturage
for bnstley and horned sto> k. on all
side# ; and great stores of lumber io
its primitive state. But a great part
of the good lands on tins river, wilt
be ,-;u‘»|e* f to grievous inundations in
wet seasons, until some ol the niure
crooked bends of its bra dies are
straightened by canals, a- to allow
the water a more speedy escape than
their present meanders afford.
VV e n I »vv come to a truly majestic
river: the St John’s Its bar affords
aii'iut fi'ieen feet water at best tides
and lies about th rty miles s«.uili ot
"it. Mary's, and forty 10 the north of
that ol ht. Augustine, Continuing
is course from the ea, westward,
for .bout thirty miles, it corners and
uns southwardly, parallel to the sea
const, all the rest t its c urse; for
■mug, as it were, a general and ini
mouse canal through the internal
1 arts ot (he province ; conununicat
•ig b} its tributary and neighbor! - g
streams to many part-, and commu
nicable at moderate rates, with the
a iiolej even those of the western sea
•oanl. More wafer than the bar af
fords can be carried to Lane Georg*,
one hundred and fifty miles up, thro’
which the river passes; and twelve
feet through this lake, when the river
again deepens for an extent of forty
miles beyond, and then passes thro'
another lake; and thus cuntineus its
course up, forming now ar.ver, and
then a lake, towards its source, .which
is only known by Indian leports.—
From the bar to Lake George, the
breadth of the river is, with but few
exceptions, from one to five miles;
and (eceives the tributary waters of
many large creeks, and some detach
ed lakes,on both sides. Lake George
is a large oval formed spread of the
river, exhibiting a sheet of water
eighteen miles long and twelve wide,
beautifully grind. The undefined
territory ol Alachua, lies along the
western broad side of the river. 1
will suppose,about* omiles frumEas
to VV est, and about one hundred and
twenty miles from North to South,
and contains large bodies of the mos
valuable high lauds; the finest pas
-4
turage generally; and in all parts
very healthy. To enter into a |> ar ‘
itcular description of this interesting
section of the country, would too fur
■xcecd my present limits, and hi ght
indeed appear exaggerated ; 1 will,
therefore, only state, that hundreds
of persons from Tennessee, and
Georgia, who have vis ted that part
of Florida, agree, that it is the most
eligible back country they have ever
seen. The lower parts of St. John’s
• ivei, afford large bodies of high ham
mac land ; heavily timbered wiih five
Oak to the water’s e gc ; these are
generally light in soil, but very pro
dactive, and are much more durable
than their appeal aned would indicate,
and soon renovat by rest or manure.
And on the bin k of these, and indeed,
. throughout the cohu ry, general y,
we find large bodies of low hammoc
. and swamp lands of a strong, rich,
; and dur djle soil, frequently bottomed
L with clay and marie. . Higher up the
river, the arrangement changes ; the
1 margins ate generally of extensive
1 and valuable river swamps, and on
• the back of these, hbh and low ham
macs are promiscuously interspersed
. among pine barrens.
Canals connecting this river with
. the Mexican basin, by the bay of lain
, pa, or with mor expense, but with
1 more importance, by the bay of App ■■
lathy, cou d be effected. The her
culean prospect that such an under
taking might, at tire first view, carry
with it, will be greatly softened down
, on comparing with it the commercial
advantages of an inland navigation
between the Atlantic shores of the
United ‘-dales and the Mississippi;
totally a veiling the circuitous, and
perilous rout round the Cape and
Keys of Floridas, where more disas
ters annually occur, than on any
other equal extent of the coast oi
North and South America. And as
the waters of the great Mexican b v
are, unquestionably, higher than those
on the c s> side of Florida, their a
gency would greatly facilitate th
work and perpetuate the advantages
Tlv* waters o( St. John’s river coulo
be easily turned down through the
harbor of St. Augustine, by the vva\
of Six Mile Creek, which makes out
from that, river about seventy miles
fro n its bar, and directly West front
St. Augu-tine. This would by deep
ening its bar, render lha* well forti
tied and salubrious city, a valuabl.
sea port, concentrating the wealth ol
the province with,in its twofold pro
tection. 1 have labored considers
Bly in the theory f this project,
and expect, at some early pe
rod, to lay it before a community,
suffi. ieotly large and enterprising to
ippreciate its many obvious ad van
tages.
fiie source o> (his river has never
been explored by white people ; nor
s it known above two hundred and
i.ty miles above its ijiouth, but by
4Julian reports. 1 am, how ver,satis
iid fioin my own observations, that
t has no other communication above
i s mouth, with the sea on either side
f the peninsula, as is asserted under
various forms in (he geographical
•lesct iptions I have seen. lam aware
that what may be considered a knock
oiin-down argument, will be placed
in front of this assertion, viz :—That
,St; Joan’s, which is a f esli water
river above the immediate influence
of the tides, and indeed its waters
are sometimes drinkable beyond its
mouth, at sea, should bo found greatly
mixed with salt above Lake George.
Hu to this I answer, that several
arms, or rather lagoons of the river,
setting off from the main body on
both sides,terminate in large morass
es or quagmires, covered only with
grass, and which are so extensive as
to bound the horizon to a spectator in
a boat; and that when the sea is fore
cd on to either coast by heavy gales
of wind, the redundancy of the salt
water which is th rowed into the many
small rivers on the weather shore of
the peninsula, flows over their adja
cent low grounds into those morasses,
and thus finds its way into the St.
John’s river. It has likewise been
erroneously reported, that the neigh
borhood of this river is unhealthy
1 am personally acquainted with all
the settlers about it for (he last twen
ty years; and 1 am satisfied that
there has been no cause for such com
plaint among those who have lived
like civilized beings. As to others,
habitual excesses would destroy
health, in the garden of Eden.
St Augustine city, bar, harbor, wa
ters, #c. are sufficiently known to
excuse their presence here.—l must
however remark, that the northern
xtremity of Anastatia Island, which
forms the harbor of St. Augustine, is
he northern boundary of that re
markable kind of stone of which the
the city and its fortificatians are built
1 his stone, formed by a concretion
ol small marine shells, and perhaps
peculiar to (his province, lies in great
mines in this island.and runs in simi
lar veins southwardly, and along the
eastern sea coast of the province, but
not spreading off’from it above three
miles in any part. It makes excel-,
ent and cheap houses, and on ac
ount of its soft and unreadable
quality, is particularly suitable for
fortifications.
Progressing about eighty miles fur
ther south, we come to Mu»quito In
let; a snug and sale inlet ler small
vessels, affording from ten to twelve
feet of vvut r on its bar. This lead*
up to Halifax river, running north,
and the Hillsborough, running south,
(which are frequently called the Vius
quito North and South Lagoons)
each about thirty miles in # estent. —
The head of the Hillsborough is so
nearly met by the head of the Indian
river, alias Rio Ys, as to allow a pot
age of about a quarter of a mile from
one to the other ; and this continues
to its bar, about seventy miles farther
south. These three, with a part ol
the Matanzns river, form a continu
ation of territory along h • sea coast,
ol about one bundled and fifty miles,
that will admit of i* very dense pop
ulation. Its salubrious and pleasant
situation .long the seashore; the
large proportion ol good lands, and
their admirable distribution and su
pplier qualities; its accommodating
waters, superabundantly st.red with
a variety of fish ; and its delectable
climate, form a series of advantages,
not easily conceived by stranger#
One body of the good lands within
this space, it is said is not exceeded
i. quality* nor equalled in quantity
by any body of land on the sea board
of Georgia and the Carclii.as. The
insect c lied the Mu. quito. is said by
some prejudiced r not well in orm
ed persons, to b» intolerable in (his
section of the province; but I know
that they are not worse here than
the ’ are generall y along the sea coast
o : the Southern Stales.
On the west side of the Hillsbo
rough, about four miles from the inlet,
and situated on a quarry of the stone
tbove mentioned, formerly B'ood the
town of N'-w Smyrna. —Many «!’ its
ruins are still visible It sunk to
ruins in conseq lertce of the migration
of its inhabitants, in a body, to St
Augustine - the effect of the despotic
sev- ritv of their landlord.
From th»* mouth of Indian river, to
the promontory of East Florida,
about, one hundred and forty miles
farther south, we know but little of
the interior of the country.—-And
thence, all along the western sea
board of this pe»iusuU, I am only
acquainted by hearsay, and that but
from ignorant observers. These ac
counts, howiever, go to shew that
there are several good harbors along
that s> ore,and much good land lying
back of it.
Chaui.t;rtow, Jan. 31.
HAVANA PAPERS.
On a reperusal of our papers to the 2i;lh
inst from Havana, we find some articles
of European Intelligence. .
The Spanish pacaet Volunlano , in 42
days from Cadiz, and the ship Cleopatra.
46 duys from Corunna, arrived at Havana
on the 15th inst.
The following articles, fro m a Madrid
paper of the 21st November, is headed as
“ Important ” —hut it will, no doubt, be
thought strange by oup readers, that the
Austrian troops, who were stationed upon
the frontiers of Lombardy, to repress any
revolutionary movements in that quarter,
should themselves have proclaimed the
Spanish Constitution
Madrid, Nov. 21 —lt is reported, that
an extraordinary courier arrived in town
this day from Naples, with intelligence
that the Austrian troops, when formed in
order on the southern frontier of Venetian
Lombardy. had proclaimed and adopted
the Spanish Constitution
Some disturbances took place in Madrid
in the month of November, the particulars
of which are given in the following extract
of a letter from a gentleman in Madrid, to
his friend In Cadiz, which was published
in the Cadiz “ Diaro.”
“I send you the following journal, that
you may form a correct opinion of the
late occurrences in the Capital.
“November 16 —This morning at 10 o’-
clock, a courier arrived with two letters,
one for the Captain General, ordering him
to give up the command of the Pro
vince & army to Gen. Cahvajai, and the
other for the latter, directing him to as
sume the same forthwi h: but Gen. Vi
hodet have observed that those orders
were not countersigned by any of the
ministers as the Constitution expressly
requires, did not think proper to obey
the orders without previously consulting
*he Cabinet.—The Ministers approved
of his conduct, and immediately gave in
formation to the permanent deputation
of the Cortes, who resolved to present a
memorial to His Majesty, setting forth
the illegality of the above-mentioned
order, which had so much alarmed the
inhabitants ofthe Capital, that His Majes
try’s presence in the metropolis was in
dispensably necessary to restore public
tranquility, by this lime, all the author!
ties have assembled, as also the patriotic
societies, and there W’as a considerable
stir amongst all classes ofthe people, who
seemed greatly agitated: shortly after,
the troops spontaneously appeared under
arms.
“ November 17— Early in the morning
the people assembled before the Hall of
the Cortes; where the permanent Com
mittee of that body had been setting up
all night with closed doors. It appeared
to be the general wish to know the nature
of the King’s answer, and to have an ex
traordiuary session of the Cortes called,
as the only it: tans of saving the country,
in a crisis produced by His Majesty having
lent too easy an ear to the suggestions of
Ecclesiastical Seryillsm. These demands
of the people induced the permanent
Committee to present to the King a se
cond address, urging his immediate return
to the Capital Agitation and alarm pre
vailed throughout the whole of the day.
The troops again appeared under arms,
and muskets were distributed among the
citizens, who by the green and red cock
ades they wore, and the mottoes on their
• iais of Constitution or Death, shewed
plainly their hostile disposition to the
enemies of the Consitution.
About dusk, tHe V
re 7've«l. revoking h i s 'l* 4
f" 1 the l.i;.,v. c ‘V v ■
v m P era ° ns . having u ;r®
the peop,e. to fill s he '■ lJl ®
sinned by U,e promotion
General of Castile, ,L fc , L 'H
'»! of the troops, a ., i ,!| Sflc ®|
'lie Council of State.' ist'LWf
swer not proving , 811 *
permanent Commit, '‘''"®|
exp,;es S> agai„ urgi,- r ah >'«
°f his immediate.m „rr , I®
count of the general c„ m *®
rendered .t im,i,m e , l!ahl . ' #I B
the Cortes, and proving Roi |
his tram any of tl».* r , N °®
advised to remove from ' i fW
evil and military office,,
currence of his cabinet "
After the express
al m.l.tm paraded the *4®
bands ofmn Sl c;cha„nti,, K iß
V'c m ;' n,Cl P«hty & Protin’?®
also addressed to the King,.,®
monstrance on the same A ®
“ 18.—(Ins f®
the same hour, the people ®
m front of-h,. Coites* h!m !®
final auswei of- 1 »*eKin Bi whid °l
stance, that “he w0,.1.1 re to D ®
as soon as he should rec-V , ■
»-m,M dismis, liUOmfi'J
rernor of the I'alace," In * ®
of this answer, the authorities®
atcly hega, to. tran qiti , jze
the people, to both rebteff,®
his Majesty the assurances of (I®
bl.shment of order. These fl
sequ"ntly. given, and „ cnrn ®
was afterwards received from I
arch, saying that on the Tund®
inn he wool 1 be in the Cnni-,1 ®
“ A'ov 19—This day p awe ®
Peace and quietness, but not ®
thug-antic demonstration# o f®
of sentiment in ail classes ■
“ 20 Tins day passed I
preceding. ■
“Nov 31—At 1 o'clock is®
noon, the troops lined
from the Gate Rt Vincent, .i—®
His Majesty, accompani, ! fa, ‘,n®
a! family entered the cm, r |®
tennnee rather indicative »f ,;®
ttn reaching the palace, he, wit®
of the Koval family, stood inti®
v.hile the troops filed off thron®
mouse cone urse of people, vh®
allv shouted “Long live the funs®
in i<s ferity !” without mterir®
nression flattering to HisVijrst®
ing this time the multitude mf®
palace lilted up, nearly atlvgM
balcony, a beautiful maid whul
her hand the Constitution, will
hiss d before the Ring, cryii»|
'ive the Constitution An o|
monk and a countryman, were surl
’y elevated, and went through tl
ceremony. I
“ On the fling off the troops, tl
pie dispersed and the greatest trail
:d present prevails, and western!
ing to see the measures that win
donted in consequence of these - ®
On the 11rh of November,the 1
Constitution was proclaimed if 1
as the hes* which cnild be aiiopte®
actual civnonstances of the hirgili
as the only means to prevent thl
evils which threatened the Forluj®
tion. I
A letter received at Havanr. fro®
nos Ayres, dated 15'h Nov sil
Commissioners sent by the Cons®
government of Spain had nrriv®
laneiro on their way to thePr®
Rio T.a Plata. I
Sheriff’s &i/eTB
ILL be sold on the first
Mutch next, at the market
city of Augusta, between the, uswl^B
5 Large looking glaS
11 Small do do^B
84 Chairs (common) 9 fancy do
18 Large pine tallies, 25 small do
1 Set Mahogany tables and “ids,
" Settees, 37 Bedsteads,
26 Beds and bedding, -6
9 Pair fire dog's, 1 bathing tub, H
7 Wash-stands, 1 Beurean, 1 pine*
1 Large table, 1 toilet tabic, 3paH||
vel and tongs, .^B
6 Sets castors, 8 dozen plates,
knives and forks,
16 Pitchers, 6 bread travs, ssalt cBB
3 Doz. table spoons, 4 doz.
6 Doz. cups and saucers,
tin covers,
3 Coffee
12 Pots, kettles and ovens, 1 F W
fire dogs, gridirons and oti) ■
en furniture —1 bell,
!6 Doz. black bottles, 1 settable «ii
5 D z tumblers, 2 doz. wine
1 Shaving case, 6 clothes bi isM
backgammon board, ■
2 Doz. candlesticks, 6 snuffer?, ■
chambers, , , ■
1 Doz wash basons, Ij doz to H
3 doz towels, .■
1 Mahogany sideboard, 1 r ‘*J
1 Brass fender, shovel and t
andirons,
1 Carpet and rug, 2 lookingg
time pieces, ..
2 Desks, 5 liquor casks, 1 boo tv
decanters, , o
2 Demijohns, 36 pavilions, ■
curtains, nf)
2 Maps, 60 bushels corn,4oW ■
5 Cords wood, 9 doz. po) L > V
mm and brandy, ] fJ B
10,000 Segarg, 14 galls- s * , b bl,B
40 liis C»«100^«W , “|
4 Fokin bunn;. l
1 Negro man Lem 1 o\ «
horse levied upon as e *
Whipple W,„. Lnmkinp|
February 1 tcls - ■ —■
Sheriff’s Sul e. I
WI ILL be sold on the J'rJ ■
March next, at the Mar :, u jta'B
city of Augusta, between ■
° f T negro Mb* J 3
TOBV, taken as the P ro F r '- , llt infiJ
ley, to satisfy a distress w r ls n ,J
Edward Camfield and do |
\V. LauikiUj S. I
February 1 I